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Thursday, July 30, 2015

Christina here! Are you enjoying your summer? We have the perfect weather! For Copic coloring that is. Grey and rain, some days we even have a storm. So what can you do? Bake, clean and color, not necessarily in that order.

Have you started with your Christmas cards yet? Usually I make two cards per month but this year, so far, I haven't made a single one. Well now I have. I just love making Christmas Cards but it's no fun when it´s stressful, that is why I'm starting now in July.

I have chosen a stamp from Magnolia - Frosty - not much coloring you would think, since he is white...

I just love these Frosty stamps! He is soo cute! I have masked Frosty and the snowflake-circle together and the image gets quite big and I think a clean and simple card is perfect with a slightly bigger image.

There is a lot of white areas on him and to make it look white I have used some W-pens. Except from the hat, where I have use N-pens.

The background around Frosty I have used the Confetti-technique, mixed BGs and Ws dots.

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Elizabeth here with today's copic inspiration for you. I hope you are enjoying wonderful summmer days, whether you are on vacation or at home. We spend a few weeks at our summer cottage every year, and I always bring my copics markers for those rainy days! Here's one of the images I colored, I put her on a summer card!

I used Maja Design Papers and lots of dies and flowers. My daughter and I picked small sea-shells at the beach for me to use on my cards. I used some of them here.

I created a little scene using Delphine's tutorial on how to color sand HERE. I added water and clouds to create a whole scene around this cute Saturated Canary image called Vintage Swim.

Sometimes when using Copics on small fiddly images you can't quite add the detail you would like to. That is when additional coloured pencil enhancement can make all the difference!
I use Caran D'Ache Pablo's and Luminance pencils - and they are especially good for adding definition to hair.
Just remember to have a can of fixative to hand as the smooth cardstock usually used for Copic work is not overly suitable for pencils and it tends to rub off/smear if you don't seal your work.
(I use Winsor & Newton Professional Fixative)

Thursday, July 23, 2015

With the No Lines Technique being as popular as ever, I thought it would be interesting to compare the same image, both With Lines and Without Lines, to see how very different both Techniques could make the same Stamp look. I've used the adorable, Wee Stamps Peggy. She is soooooooo cute!

So, here goes:

Peggy, With Lines...

She pops off the page, and you can see clearly all the little details the Artist has added.

Peggy, No Lines...

She looks much softer, similar to an illustration you may see in a Children's Storybook. The details are still there, just added with colour.

Both Techniques allow you to bring your stamped characters to life in different ways, so you can make the same image look very different and get the most out of your Stamps.

With all these Peggy's lying around on my desk, I thought I had best made a card with at least one of them!

Saturday, July 18, 2015

Good morning everyone, Sarit is here today for another Copic inspiration.

The school year is over. Summer vacation is here yepeee !!!!!

I want to share with you a thank you gift I made for my daughter's teacher.

I took a notebook, cover it with DCWV papers, add some dimensions with Distress ink and Martha Stewart punches for the border. Inside the front and the back inside cover, I made pockets for her to use. Teachers always have many notes; we do not want them to disappear. (sooooory forgot to take pic of the inner sides )

The tag was left blank so the teacher will write anything she want.

I wanted the notebook to be magical and the "Silver fairy" from Wee Stamp was perfect for it.

For the dress, I used the soft red. The olive green as leaves for the hands & legs go well with the dress color.

After I finished coloring the wings, I cover it with VersaMark pen and add some glitter embossing powder & heat it with embossing heat tool.

Friday, July 17, 2015

It's my turn to inspire you with a creation, Today i will share a very summery card with you all. Who doesn't lovethe sea,sunandbeach?Because that meansfor most peoplethey canrelax on their Summer Holiday. Thesummeris reallymyfavoritetime of year.

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

I've said many times that my older daughter is into synchronized
swimming for 10 years. Now she's already a grown-up girl and decided to
stop competing. So, today's card is an addition to the gift for her
coach. I chose Tiddly Inks' Wryn - Scooting By because it gives the
feeling of a change.

I coloured the scooter in the classic red and white and Wryn - in bright yellow, so as to be contrasting.

Monday, July 13, 2015

I heard several times in a past that real background stamps are not very practical - they usually cost the same as a whole stamp set but you use it very rarely.

Well - fair enough...:) But you know what?! You don't really need to spend a lot to create great backgrounds!

And I will prove my point today! :) Lets do it together actually.

All you need is ANY stamp set and your Copic Markers of course!

As to me - I decided to create a very sweet gift pocket.

First I took WRMemory Keepers Board and punched future package.

(In such case it will be easier to create your background as you will not need to color those pieces that will be cut off.)

I used Hampton Art - Jillibean Soup - Fresh Vegetable Soup Collection. Started with most "massive" image - onion. Stamped several times. To make it looks more "professional" sometimes I stamped image "off the edge". Then it was carrot and finally pea.

I coloured each image and then outlined them with grey markers to add "dimesion" and interest.

Finally it was time for sentiment and decor.....aaaaand here is my final project:

I stamped two image of a beet, coloured one of them, cut both out and glued them together with Bakers Twine in between. That brought real fun to this clean and simple gift pocket...don't you think?! :))

BTW I used the same background to create thankful card - you can see it over HERE.
So as you kinda guess this method can be used not only for gift bags... :)))